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A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worldâ€™s five billion people can be traced back to a common root language.
(A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worldâ€™s five billion people can be traced
(B) that the worldâ€™s five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced
(C) the worldâ€™s five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable
(D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worldâ€™s five billion people to be traceable
(E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the worldâ€™s five billion people

A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worldâ€™s five billion people can be traced back to a common root language.(A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worldâ€™s five billion people can be traced(B) that the worldâ€™s five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced(C) the worldâ€™s five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable(D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worldâ€™s five billion people to be traceable(E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the worldâ€™s five billion people

D and E distort the original meaning.
using adj in C is not favoured.
between A and B, i would go for A coz it keep the emphasis here by putting " all of the ......" in front of that-clause.